Comments on: New MiG-35 OLS video

By: jayz

jayz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:29:32 +0000

Take a look at an optical package that we had in the 1950’s mounted on the F-101 Voodoo. It was an optical and tracking system to be used in any weather condition to both track optically and in the infrared spectrum to track, lock and blow Soviet aricraft out of the arctic skies. Maybe we should take two steps back and rejuvinate that system. I bet the whole world will be salivating at our genius. Hey! I got a better idea. Let’s just buy them from Russia comrades!

By: skipper

skipper — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:28:08 +0000

The United States and India just reached a deal to sell India fighters which according to Defense officials from both countries as one of the biggest in the last 15 years. So much for India buying Migs.

By: Hiren

Hiren — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:32:33 +0000

Well if you people think that russian planes are bulshit and US planes are great then let me remind you, US has never fought a hitech war after the WW2. Its acting police every where or attacking poor nation. Remember Iraq, just look at the pictures of its cities and condition of people before the Operation desert storm 2 and look at then now. If US were doing good to people of iraq then why is that the country has become a mess and economy has stalled and by the way wheres all its oil going..It was selling its oil to many south asian countries which they dont get now. If F-15 are so good why were they lost 2 of them to very much inferior Iraqi Army. American say they make weapons so that there can be no war and there is peace evry where then why is that US marines are always in fight with some or the other nation in the world, who gave it the right to be police of the world. Can it control china?no.Did it rightly condemn iraqi dictator?no. reson for attack and reason to hang were different.
F22 or F35 are good no doubt. but tell me one thing why are they both boasted so much when they are not in such a quantity to sustain a long war and F35 why is it boastred too. Its not yet in sevice and in resent ED air show one F35 had a problem and a replacement was needed. for F35 the vertical take off the system was soled to them by russia. R-77 are more manuverable than Aim-120. Aim-9x is still not as good as the old R-73 so one can think what magics upgrads will do. Aim-120 can shoot a fighter from a range of 20 kms only, thats when is propelant is burning.
And people read about the OLS specs then compare with the plane that can fire aim-120 and aim-9x. I think they will be evaded. and ya remember R-27ET highly manuverable and silent kiler. Sorry for criticizing US but its true.

By: Sanketbhai

Sanketbhai — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:33:46 +0000

Hey Guys I Recommend F 35 Or Mig 35 For India’s Latest MMRCA ( Multirole Medium Range Combat Aircraft ) Deal.
If, U.S.A. & Other His Project Partner Contries Allow F 35 Joint Strike Stealth Fighter to Sell To India. I Recommend It For IAF To Take A LIFETIME
Chance To Buy This Superb Stealth Fighter Aircraft.
I Reviewed All The Specifications It Has Like AESA
RADAR, AVIONICKS, FIRE CONTROL RADAR, ACTIVE STEATH
MODE With LOW RADAR CROSS SECTION & STATE OF THE ART
FLY BY WIRE SYSTEM & It Also Pubicised As A Fifth
Generation Fighter & MIG 35 Is Only 4 ++ Generation If USA Don’t Sells F 35 To INDIA Then
MIG 35 Would Best Choice For INDIA.

By: Kishan

Kishan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:55:57 +0000

The greatest winner in all this would be our poor Indian politician and compatriot defence brokers who will wait for their palms to be greased. The idea of a delayed buy could mean this. Also it may be true that they really have their sights on a plane which can withstand the next 40 years of service. But having known India, money seems to take the higher priority.

Just rewind back to our infamous howitzer purchases of the ‘80s or the submarine purchases made in the ‘70s. The Bofors was not even in contention and stood 4th. But it still won.

So India, don’t be surprised! It can throw a parliamentary election like surprise. We may end up buying something which may not even be part of these tenders. :-))

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:32:37 +0000

Good god, learn how to write in english. This reads like a chinese tech manual.

By: tomish

tomish — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:19:16 +0000

as for the teen series USA planes flying against modern Migs and Suhoi, usaf clearly understood that the sole thing that could avoid them being decimated, was to have at least one AESA equiped fighter per squadron, that’s what happening right now… luckily you have the F22 in service.

By: tomish

tomish — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:11:52 +0000

hello there, some people deeply astonish me…i’m all for russian planes, but everyone should agree that the raptor is the best thing in the air and in service as of 2010! still doesn’t mean it’s unbeatable,as i think no star-trek technology has been implemented into it romulan cloaking device or warp drives…:)) From the technical point of view it’s definately superior to the Mig/Su 35, still you can’t bring down an opponent with the apg77,or the cray computers put into it or all those sensor fusion techniques… you’ve go to fire something.. and i think these are it’s weakest points AIM9/120, and the price 350M, for that $$$ you get 5-6 Mig/Su…
also, don’t forget the plane might be protected from IR radiation, but the exhaust air is still hot!!!and the OLS definately can see, them. by tracking and mapping those exhaust tracks,the AESA radar can be cued onto a small scan box, and the power of the 20kw radar can beef up the marble sized RCS of the f22. moreover if the f22 is supercruising at m1.8 it is likely to be less maneauvrable and couldn’t be able to pull many Gs, therefore more easily targeted, anyways i don’t think that anything else other than a tv guided missile would be able to lock onto the raptor…i’ll stop here but consider that the use of the OLS depends on how integrated it’s with the radar,albeit fusion techniques.
one more issue, the rcs of aim-120 thousand fold greater that raptor’s, so it’s can be tracked and targeted by another AAM,if the raptord had to play that game AAM killing AAM, then russian planes more likely to win, due to numbers puchased and AAMs carried,though raptor can quickly egress engagement through supercruise, as a merge would be too risky for such a plane, dogfight ussualy = M.A.D.
i think people as TIZ and other american patriots should accept tha fact that the plane isn’t invincible.
i’d like to recall on history fact…the americans spent hundred thousand dollars to invent a pen that could be used in no gravity for space exploration. the russian used pencils… it worked perfectly!!

By: Sam Fisher

Sam Fisher — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:39:45 +0000

I find all of this very amusing.It reminds me of old movies.You know,like “The Hunt For Red October”.Americans simply won’t accept that russians can make a plane that can chalenge most of their planes.They are ready to eat you alive if you even try to say that Mig 35 can give a hard time to their F 22.
I am from Serbia.I remember the year of 1999.Our Air Forces were simply out numberd.We used old Mig 29.This planes were not repaird for ten years because our Air Force lacked spear parts.Two years before war started all of mig’s were put out of service.Our pilots still used them when the war started.They haven’t shot down any of american planes,but their capability to lose american planes that fired on them from 120+ km and then chase them off,away from Serbian air space because american almoust never went in a real dog fight whit any of our planes.Many good pilots lost their lives that year and only 5 out of 16 mig’s that we had are still being used today,the rest were shot down by american long range rockets,or destroyed while still being on ground.Althoug our pilot did’t do much,their flying becamed legendary and a true proof of this plane capabilities.Being able to evade several enemy rockets from several enemy planes and live to fly another day is a legacy of mig 29.Now imagine that those planes were brand new,packed whit new technology.Imagine that serbian air force had Mig 35,that would have made the difference.And as for the stealth technology,in 1999 we shot down american F-117 Nighthawk whit S-125 Neva rocket system.S-125 Neva,not S-300 or S-400.So if they haven’t improved their stealth technology,american should be very,very worried about their precious F-22,because if they haven’t improved their stealth,when F-22 meet’s the new S-400 it will probably meet his maker.

By: Dracula

Dracula — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:12:01 +0000

” It won’t let me put a weapons system on it,… even when I can see it through the canopy. Annoys the hell out of me…” What a good joke